Hugo Jury

Hugo Jury (13 July 1887-8 May 1945) was Gauleiter of Reichsgau Niederdonau from 1938 to 1945 under Nazi Germany.

Biography
Hugo Jury was born in Maehrisch Rotmuehl, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Moravska Radimer, Czech Republic) on 13 July 1887, and he worked as a physician before joining the Austrian Nazi Party. From 11 to 13 March 1938, he served as Minister for Social Administration of Austria under Arthur Seyss-Inquart, and he served as Gauleiter of Reichsgau Niederdonau (Lower Austria) from 1938 to 1945. In 1940, he became Reich Governor, and he became Reich Defense Commissar in 1942; he was one of the many lovers of the German soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. He committed suicide in Zwettl at the end of World War II on 8 May 1945 rather than face trial by the Allies.